Question

1. Which type of Fog is associated with coastal environments? Radiation or Advection
2. T/F Tornadoes should have a steeper Pressure Gradient than Hurricanes.
3. What is the tool that is used to measure atmospheric pressure?_________
4. What is Insolation? (I want it the way we have been defining it in class)

5. When air gets colder it should make relative humidity increase or decrease_.
6. T/F Condensation gives off heat to the surrounding environment.
7. What form of uplift leads to most of the rain along the Equator?ConvectionFrontal           Orographic
8. T/F During the summer months, Southern California often experiences warm fronts.
9. The fastest winds in a Hurricane are found near the _____________.

                                                                           Eye                                 Eye Wall           Spiral

Answer 1

Advection fog is associated with coastal environment. Advection fog occurs when moist, warm air passes over a colder surface and is cooled. It is common at sea when moist tropical air moves over cooler waters.

The statement is true. Tornadoes have steeper pressure gradient than hurricane.

A barometer is a scientific instrument used in meteorology to measure atmospheric pressure.

The term insolation is derived from the words "incoming solar radiation". Insolation' is the solar radiation that reaches the earth's surface. It is measured by the amount of solar energy received per unit area per unit time. To summarize, solar energy received by the earth is called insolation.

When temperature decreases, i.e., when the air gets colder the Relative Humidity decreases.

Relative Humidity is the ratio of partial pressure (P1) of the water vapour in the current air to the saturation pressure (P2) of the water vapour air at constant temperature.

RH % = (P1/P2)*100

If the temperature decreases then the amount of water vapour which the air can hold decreases, thus saturation vapour pressure (P2) decreases. Thus Relative Humidity increases.

The statement is true. Condensation gives off heat to the surrounding environment. During condensation water vapour molecules loose heat to the surrounding environment to turn into liquid water.

The convectional uplift causes most rainfall in the equatorial regions.

In these cases, the warm air rises up and expands reaching at a cooler layer where the air and then condenses mainly in the form of cumulus or cumulonimbus clouds. In the equatorial regions, the precipitation due to convectional rainfall occurs in the afternoon.

The statement is false. Warm fronts are very rare in Southern California

The fastest winds in a hurricane are found near the Eyewall